20:20 Chelmsford City

Thursday 22 May 2025

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Off time: 20:22 | Winning time: 1m 10.77s

(12)

Kalik^t1¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Alice Bond⁽⁷⁾| T: Michael Keady| OR: 65

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap at Lingfield (5f, good to firm) 12 days ago, slowly away. Tongue strap on 1st time and he needs to get back on track.

Form: 25/0-0

(4)

Temple Bruer^t,p¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: Marco Ghiani| T: M Murphy| OR: 65| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Latest win here in February. Fourth of 6 in handicap (14/1) at this C&D 14 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 09-1874

(3)

Dark Dreamer³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: S M Levey| T: M Murphy| OR: 64| D

9/1

Fourth of 15 in handicap at this course (7f, 20/1) 34 days ago. That represented a step back in the right direction and, now 1 lb lower, he's worth a second look with Sean Levey booked.

Form: 080-074

(8)

Bill Plumb^t¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: L Morris| T: P S McEntee| OR: 64| BF| D

22/1

Last of 6 in handicap at this C&D (11/5) 14 days ago, very slowly away. Runner-up (also over this C&D) on penultimate start and won't be without a chance if able to reproduce that form.

Form: 4/74626

(10)

Gundogan^b¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Rossa Ryan| T: R Burdon| OR: 64| D

18/1

7/1, first run since leaving Simon Pearce when seventh of 8 in handicap at Doncaster (6f, good to firm) 19 days ago. Blinkers back on. Opposable.

Form: 435-047

(5)

Yoshimi³²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-6| J: Andrea Pinna⁽⁷⁾| T: M Herrington| OR: 62| C| D

28/1

Course winner. 1 win from 3 runs this year. Latest win at Southwell in January. 10/1, last of 7 in handicap at Southwell (6.1f) 32 days ago. Looks vulnerable.

Form: 318-317

(9)

Safari Dream⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Oisin Murphy| T: B R Millman| OR: 61| D

6/4

Improved on recent efforts to win 8-runner handicap (3/1) at Salisbury (6f, good to firm) 7 days ago, comfortably. Yet to strike on the AW but placed here and at Southwell in recent months and he's a live candidate.

Form: 9-73201

(1)

Forever Noah¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Ray Dawson| T: R Varian| OR: 60| BF

14/1

Fifth of 6 in handicap at Brighton (6f, good to firm, 2/1) 14 days ago. In good hands and while he needs to find a bit of improvement from somewhere, that is not out of the question.

Form: 34433-5

(2)

Nelson Rose^h,p1¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Jason Watson| T: C Wallis| OR: 60| D

80/1

First run since leaving Adam West when last of 6 in handicap at Brighton (6f, good to firm, 16/1) 14 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Something to find on form.

Form: 41410-6

(11)

Thomas Equinas^p²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: R Havlin| T: D K Ivory| OR: 58| C

18/1

Five-time course winner. 3/1, good second of 11 in handicap at this course (7f) 28 days ago. Likely to find one or two too good.

Form: 477252

(7)

El Hibri^v¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: Josephine Gordon| T: Ian Williams| OR: 57| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Twelve runs since last win in 2024. 12/1, below form sixth of 12 in handicap at Kempton (7f) 17 days ago, doing too much too soon. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0-32626

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Combustion⁴⁸

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: C Banham J: Joey Haynes

Forecasts

Safari Dream (6/4), Combustion (5/2), Temple Bruer (15/2), Dark Dreamer (9/1), Forever Noah (14/1), El Hibri (14/1), Gundogan (18/1), Thomas Equinas (18/1), Bill Plumb (22/1), Yoshimi (28/1), Kalik (80/1), Nelson Rose (80/1)

SAFARI DREAM escapes a penalty for last week's Salisbury success and he will prove a tough nut to crack with Oisin Murphy booked. The 5-y-o is winless so far on the all-weather but he's only had half-a-dozen bites at the cherry on synthetics and has performed well both here and at Southwell already this year. Dark Dreamer gets the nod for forecast purposes on the back of an encouraging effort here last month. Bill Plumb and Forever Noah are others to consider.